Tag: Congressional Budget Office
Legislation aimed at Health Care Costs Advances in Congress
Unlike many topics under discussion in Congress this year, the issue of health care costs is a priority across party lines. With bills pending in both the U.S. House of ...
Health Policy News September Edition
With late-breaking summer developments at the federal level on Association Health Plans (AHPs) and Short Term Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI), and additional guidance rolling out at the state level, it ...
States Respond to Recent Federal Regulations
States across the country have spent the past few months reviewing and considering two significant rules promulgated at the Federal level over the summer: the final rule on Association Health ...
Health Policy News Summer 2018
As in past years, Health Policy News is publishing one summer edition, featuring a new report entitled “Revisiting the Public Option- Medicaid Buy-Ins” with a legislative tracking overview of recent ...
Association Health Plans: Final Rule Fact Sheet
Background: On June 19, 2018, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs), which culminated a nine-month effort by the Federal administration to expand ...
Health Policy News December 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, we take a look back at health policy developments from the last 12 months in this edition of Health Policy News, beginning with a ...
Senators introduce ACA repeal legislation
On September 13, 2017, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham, Bill Cassidy, Dean Heller, and Ron Johnson introduced legislation to scrap many provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) while imposing funding ...
CBO estimates that AHCA would severely increase the number of uninsured persons
On May 24, 2017, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released estimates on the impact of the proposed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care ...